Outllok 2003 error on opening

[Tony Lecart]

I have just had to reinstall Win XP and reactivate Outlook 2003. When I go to
enter up my own email settings etc I get this message "The Operation failed
due to a registry problem. Restart Outlook and try again. If this problem
persists please reinstall".

Have tried reinstalling/repair but this does not solve the problem.
Currently have to use Outlook Express. Lost all my contacts too - how do I
get these back?

Thanks for any assistance with this.

 

[DL]

By reinstall WinXP do you mean clean install or repair install and was
Outlook origonally installed in C?

 

[Tony Lecart]

Yes A clean Windows install with Outlook originally on. I think PST files
saved in My documents which would have been wiped on Win install. So now I
cant use Outlook as it wont allow me to setup because of that message

 

[DL]

If you clean installed all data would have been destroyed
After installing win you did update your drivers from manufacturers sites
are driver cd's?
I dont quite understand the registry problem msg, maybe insert your Office
cd and select the repair option, once completed & rebooted use the mail
applet in the control panel to configure outlook

 

[Tony Lecart]

Thanks DL. Solved by uninstalling Outlook, and reinstalling it, repair did
not work.

 

[Abdul Kadir]

Hey TONY,

Even I was getting the same error.. "The operation failed due to a registry
or installation problem. Restart outlook and try again. If the problem
persists, please reinstall." I uninstalled and reinstalled the MS Office and
it fixed it.. Thanks!


Cheers,
Abdul Kadir